Another good equivalence might be The Wizard of Oz: tiny people paying homage to a confidence trickster of a leader who is not what he seems, a witch who has her slave monkeys resort to violence to get what she wants, and an over-valued mansion.
It all comes to an end with the realization that it was nothing but a horrible dream.
Boru
It all comes to an end with the realization that it was nothing but a horrible dream.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax